The Pleasures of God: God’s Delight in Being God is a twelve-week course that considers the worth and excellency of God through the lens of God’s pleasures. The curriculum simply investigates the biblical teaching on one pleasure of God in each lesson. This course is designed to lead the student to magnify the worth of the happy God in a more meaningful and personal way by treasuring him in their heart above all else. We recognize that this, the ultimate objective of the course, is impossible apart from the grace of God in the working of the Holy Spirit, who exalts the risen Lord, Jesus Christ. Students will carefully examine the biblical text, thoughtfully interact with John Piper’s book, The Pleasures of God, and think through certain aspects of the doctrine of God. The aim of the course is to expand students’ vision of God so that they might come to share in the very joys of God himself.

• Course Length: 12 weeks
• Suggested Class Time: 2 hours/week
• Homework: ~2.5 hours/week
• Other Required Texts:
  • The Pleasures of God, Piper